Forgetfulness of care—for oh, I move
In happier worlds, and live a purer life;
Scorn may not enter there, nor envy prove
Discord to melody—unholy strife
Afar is banished—joy’s unclouded beams
Ever illumine that fair land of dreams.
Then wonder not I seek this forest dell,
Although mine ears are closed to nature’s voice,
A hush, a twilight ’neath the branches dwell;
So I have made the summer woods my choice,